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  1. One thing about taking part in a naked cycle ride campaign is that you don't have to worry about what to wear.

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    2. BernardTPM

      BernardTPM

      Ah, Wind in the Willows...

    3. Re6/6

      Re6/6

      The image that forms in the mind cannot now be unseen!

    4. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      You can keep your hat on.

  2. "Thank you for calling Tech Support. If your computer becomes obsolete while you are waiting, press "1" to reach our sales department"

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Most calls to tech support are caused by a PEBCAC. They are often difficult to resolve...

    3. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      A problem comes if YOU become obsolete whilst waiting.

    4. Brian Harrap
  3. For those who might have missed it because it's hidden in the overseas modelling section, there are a few rough and ready pictures of my new abuilding 1:76 scale British style layout on my QUAI:87 thread.

  4. I bought a bottle of water today, it said on the label - store in a dry place!

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    2. bgman

      bgman

      Its probably been in the ground for a 1000 years + and there's a sell / consume by date too I expect !

    3. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      If the water gets dry enough, does it become crispy?

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      In a quest for easy storage, there's a new product coming on the market soon, dehydrated water......

  5. Watching paint dry vs watching snow melt

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Alright for some - Here all the snow has melted and Mrs Stationmaster isn't doing any painting so it's tiem for RMweb.

    2. bgman

      bgman

      Or make some more intricate track work ?

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Both are quicker if its warm...

  6. Can't get out on my bike because of the snow, therefore cannot avoid the Zoberina doing the housework around me.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Join in, it'll be over quicker. It might even be fun!

       

      (Hohoho...)

    3. Brian Harrap

      Brian Harrap

      Yes I model in Ho

    4. bgman

      bgman

      Maybe wear a lampshade and stand in the corner for half an hour Brian. Another light bulb moment !

  7. How do I know if I've got what I paid for?

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      At least it's not an ecumenical question - religion's banned on here

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Would you like to know if you've got what you paid for?

    4. uax6

      uax6

      Do you think you got what you paid for, or did you get what you thought you'd paid for?

  8. How do I know if I've got what I paid for?

  9. Did you see the Eisenbahn 'join us' ad in the Sept CM. I love it

  10. The Baron can't believe the ad in the May 2017 CM for Peco code 83 track featuring a picture of a layout which prominently shows a piece of trackwork which doesn't appear to be

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    2. Zero Gravitas

      Zero Gravitas

      I'm guessing the good Baron means that the track in the advert was not, in fact, Peco code 83...

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Ooh, misrepresentation by PECO?? Surely not!

    4. NHY 581

      NHY 581

      'Doesn't appear to be a sausage....'

  11. Its no good - these old mags have just gotta go down the tip

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    2. irishmail

      irishmail

      maybe drop some copies in doctors/ dental waiting rooms

    3. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Are we correct in assuming that they are railway magazines? Might not be, of course ;)

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      See the Wanted subsection.

  12. Its no good - these old mags have just gotta go down the tip

  13. Just been for a spin on my Kalkhof ebike with the NuVinci gears, magic carpets ain't in it

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    2. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      Is that a device for recording skid-marks on anti chaff chamois?

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Hamilton Academicals.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      How did I know it would be continuously variable!?

  14. QUAI:87 will be at the Nailsea exhibition next weekend 12th-13th March 2016. Probably its last outing.

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    2. Judge Dread

      Judge Dread

      Double shame!!

    3. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      Awwww! Maybe its last 'public' appearance. But hopefully we shall see this very special layout again at the odd special event...

    4. Re6/6

      Re6/6

      Very great shame!

  15. Notifications (to me) aren't showing up with the little red marker top right. Is it just me?

    1. BoD

      BoD

      Looks like it is you. Have you accidentally turned them off?

    2. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      No. I've found I have to go into settings then hit the unfollow button: the hit the follow thread button again.

      I've a feeling it may be something to do with the cache?

    3. Brian Harrap

      Brian Harrap

      Thanks both. They've come back now. B

  16. I do hope that at least one version of the Adams Radial Tanks that seem to be coming out everywhere, has a proper Adams fireplace.

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    2. Northroader

      Northroader

      Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...

    3. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      They get roasted very quickly in lederhosen

    4. BlackRat

      BlackRat

      No, but the cab interiors are pure Mackintosh with drivers mug by dear old Clarice.

  17. Overheard at a recent canal restoration meeting "........the trouble with wildlife is that it would take over the whole dam place if you let it"

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    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      How is the canal going Brian?

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      It's going with the flow.

    4. Brian Harrap

      Brian Harrap

      Canal coming on very well thank you Tim. Should be open for navigation (by canoe) soon. B

  18. My computer is ten+ years old. Takes a month of Sundays to start up. Won't let me look at My Pictures. Keeps giving me 'not responding' messages. Do I need a new one ?

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    2. Brian Harrap

      Brian Harrap

      Thanks everyone - tried all that - looks like its down to the shops..........

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Speak to John, he got his debugged by a commercial company over the internet connection, seems to have improved matters. Otherwise, you could get your friendly local computer shop to remove the existing hard drive from your old machine and install it in a new machine, to run alongside a new solid state hard drive. I wouldn't advise anything newer than Windows 7, though. This is what both CTMK and I have had done recently, and it's a big improvement. CTMK did subsequently take the free...

    4. Mike G

      Mike G

      In "RUN" type msconfig and enter. Go to the start up tab. De-select anything that isn't useful, so apple, HP etc. If you don't know what it is google it or leave alone.

  19. Just been entertained by Gordie (Crazy Legs) Mackeeman and his Rhythm Boys. If you get the chance, don't miss it.

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      And you talk about 'crazy legs?!'

    2. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      I missed it, and so Googled "Rhythm Boys" instead. I'm relieved to find that the result was musical!

  20. Just been entertained by Gordie (Crazy Legs) Mackeeman and his Rhythm Boys. If you get the chance, don't miss it.

  21. Just been entertained by Gordie (Crazy Legs) Mackeeman. If you get the chance, don't miss it.

  22. Just been entertained by Gordie (Crazy Legs) Mackeeman. If you get the chance, don't miss it.

  23. Why does nobody do factory weathered scratch built models

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    2. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      That'll be Hornby's fault, somehow.

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      You forgot about the sausage meat, didn't you? I knew you would, I just knew it...

    4. Market65

      Market65

      Is it the pickle factory out of Pledges Purest Pickles? (Nearest and Dearest TV series).

  24. Why does nobody do factory weathered scratch built models

  25. The rails on the garden railway @ chez Harrap are too hot to touch. Reckon I could brand a cow with them. Dersn't run any of my plastic wheeled stock until after sun down.

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    2. Stevelewis

      Stevelewis

      I more or less gave up garden railwaying 2 years ago after 30+years, Now with this weather I am very tempted to contact Dragon g Scale!!

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